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Woman Reading Letter

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Description: Woman reading a letter by a table.
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Woman Reading Newspaper

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Description: Elderly woman sitting in a Morris chair reading a newspaper.
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Woman Sitting on Settee

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Description: Woman sitting on a settee in front of a wall displaying photographs, possibly Fannie Post.
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Woman Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Woman posed sitting in a parlor, possibly Mrs. Charles J. Van Schaick.
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Woman Sitting at Piano

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Description: Woman sitting at a piano in a parlor.
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Woman Sitting near Stove

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Description: Elderly woman sitting in the corner of a room with a wood-burning "Sylvan Sunshine" stove and world globe.
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Group of People near Piano

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Description: Four women posing in chairs while a man sits on the floor holding a child, all in front of a piano.
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Group Posed near Organ

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Description: Three women and one man posed next to an organ. One woman sitting on the man's lap.
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two women, a man, and child sitting in a parlor with a doorway hanging with decorative cords.
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Group having Tea in Parlor

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Description: Two women, man, and child having tea in a parlor.
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Westye Bakke House Living Room

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing the living room. There is a piano in the right corner. A tree i...
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Westye Bakke House Bedroom

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing a bedroom. Trees in the yard can be seen through the draperies ...
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Van Cortlandt House Dining Room

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Description: Interior view of the Van Cortlandt house dining room featuring a table set with shining metal tableware, decorative plates on the wall, and open cabinets e...
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Martin K. Dahl House

Date: 1885
Description: Martin K. Dahl, far left, sits with three women around a table which has been set in front of an iron fence which encloses a manicured yard. Two of the wom...

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